Cultural Laboratory's final installment

The final Cultural Laboratory arts performance for the year will be held at Peninsula Theatre on November 12, according to the theatre's marketing coordinator Ms Lisa Kelly.

"The next Cultural Laboratory and the final installment for 2005 is a fantastic representation of all that we have hoped to achieve in our exciting incubation period, a melting pot of ideas and personal expression," Ms Kelly said.

The final program for the year will include indigenous artists, culture and the community, theatre, drama, dance, folk, youth, opera, visual art and an open forum.

Performance artist Nat Ferfoglia will present a unique spiritual dance with Kevin Duncan that tells the story of Mimi, the spirit of creativity.

Participants in the Benevolent Society's My Turn Project will talk about their experiences as males in the modern world.

Graham Rodger will discuss a unique enterprise known as Post School Options where disabled youngsters from the Coast are introduced to musical theatre.

Brenda Logan of Woy Woy Little Theatre will do Show and Tell, showing work in progress.

Central Dance Company Australia's director Ms Patti Gleeson will talk about her professional company and its forays into the Japanese dance scene.

Dancers from the company will perform classical ballet steps, while members of Bondi Ballet, Patti's son Michael Montgomery's dance company, will present a modern piece.

Local dancers from the Veronica Law School will perform Scottish Highland dancing with a modern twist, choreographed by dancer Mr Douglas McFarland.

The youth section will feature two pieces from two young performance artists.

Emm Sylvester will play the harp with pieces from her extensive repertoire followed by a piece developed especially for the Laboratory.

Jacqueline Lee Rose returns with a sequence of performance poetry.

Lucy Bailles will also perform, accompanied by piano.

Local artists Zooid will present a unique moving tribute to art.

Elio Gatti and Lisa Kelly will present the evening and lead the open forum.

The Cultural Laboratory Mk IV will be held on Saturday, November 12, at 7.30pm.

The evening will be held at the Peninsula Theatre on the corner of McMasters and Ocean Beach Rd, Woy Woy.

Entry is $10 for adults and $7 concession, with refreshments and light supper available and complimentary wines supplied by Tyrrell's Wines.

Press release, October 25 Lisa Kelly, Laycock Street Theatre